00:59 <oats> has anybody tried to get zig programs working a tomu?

01:00 <oats> (tiny ARM board)

01:01 <oats> its arch seems to be armv6m

01:02 <oats> which zig seems to be able to target, but I'm not sure if I can/should include the firmware that's used in the sample projects

01:03 <oats> which is hindered by the fact that I don't understand the sample projects

01:03 <oats> s/firmware/firmware libraries

01:04 <oats> I'm also thinking about just ditching the libraries entirely and seeing if I could write my own for fun

01:04 <oats> I've also never done stuff this low-level, so my knowledge level is pretty low here

03:18 <wilsonk> oats: I think andrewrk has a small game running on raw hardware that is Arm based (Raspberry Pi, I think). He is probably the best one to ask when he is online...

03:19 <oats> oh that's cool

03:19 <oats> wilsonk: thanks :)

03:22 <wilsonk> oats: here is a video of the start of the game...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCNGq8_9I5Y

03:23 <oats> I've never written stuff for microprocessors before

03:23 <oats> although I'm taking a class in microprocessors this semester I'm very much looking forward to

14:03 <IntoxicatedHippo> When using `--emit asm` is there a way to change where the assembly file is saved?

14:43 <Zaab1t> I am still struggling with strings. How do I pass a string to a function, without the first character? I'm betting on pointer addition, but I can't quite figure it out

14:44 <IntoxicatedHippo> Slices: https://ziglang.org/documentation/master/#Slices

14:44 <IntoxicatedHippo> You could do something like string[1..]

14:58 <Zaab1t> thanks IntoxicatedHippo

14:59 <Zaab1t> I can't seem to find the regular for loop in the docs. Does Zig only have for each loops?

15:24 <unique_id> Zaab1t: That's a common question. For now people use "var i: usize = 0; while(i < count) : (i+=1)" I believe people have been talking about getting an alternative, don't know more.

15:24 <Zaab1t> thats what I do too for now

15:24 <Zaab1t> figured there might be some range type

15:24 <Zaab1t> [0..15]

15:25 <Zaab1t> a slice of nothin'

15:25 <unique_id> right

15:25 <unique_id> I've seen people talking about having something like that

15:25 <unique_id> wanting to*

15:27 <Zaab1t> unique_id: do I need to handle to potential overflow?

15:28 <unique_id> for on ranges: https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/358

15:29 <unique_id> Zaab1t: I don't understand the question

15:34 <Zaab1t> excuse my stupidity

15:34 <Zaab1t> unique_id: I was referring to the i+=1, but its not relevant anymore

15:36 <Zaab1t> so I have a function that takes a string, str: []const u8

15:36 <Zaab1t> it needs to handle the special case, where str.len == 1

15:36 <Zaab1t> compiler says: integer value 1 cannot be implicitly casted to type '*const u8'

15:43 <Zaab1t> alright, && is not the and operator

15:48 <unique_id> an integer can't be implicitly cast to a pointer, that makes sense :)

15:50 <unique_id> are you comparing str.ptr instead of str.len?

15:50 <unique_id> wait no, str.ptr is probably of type [*]const u8

15:51 <Zaab1t> I was using && as logical and

15:51 <unique_id> oh that's the same issue not a separate one, ok :)

16:11 <vegecode> I am working on the 'contributor-friendly' isse 1768. Is it possible in the test suite to tell the compiler to expect an error?

16:12 <vegecode> Also, I

16:13 <vegecode> I've never done contributed to an open source project before. I forked the repo, am making my change in a branch, and then will make a pull request. Is there anything else I should be aware of? Any social pleasantries/ manners to observe?

16:29 <vegecode> I'll just go for it before my kids get home.

21:24 <mgxm> andrewrk: yeah, I will send a pr... but there's one last thing that is hindering me

21:24 <mgxm> tthe test-cli are faliling but only on CI

21:58 <andrewrk> interesting

22:38 <oats> I'm trying to build a zig program for a little arm board (https://tomu.im) and I'm getting an error when trying build that's not too clear to me

22:38 <oats> https://ptpb.pw/dbyw

22:39 <oats> there's my build args and output

22:39 <oats> I'm trying not to use a libc here

22:42 <oats> here's my little test main.zig: https://ptpb.pw/zBQt

22:47 <knebulae> andrewrk: am I completely missing the point and/or capabilities of comptime? see: https://nebulae.online/kzig.zig.txt